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Trends for the Last 5 Years
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Composite Score
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Children in Care 3+ Years and Discharged to Independent Living or turned 18
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More than 6 Placements
Overall Total
Total
%
Total
%
Total
%
Total
%
State
1674
88.05%
192
10.09%
21
1.10%
14
0.73%
1901
Adams County
41
87.23%
5
10.63%
1
2.12%
0
0.00%
47
Ainsworth
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Albion
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Alliance
1
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1
Antelope County
10
62.50%
5
31.25%
1
6.25%
0
0.00%
16
Arthur County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Auburn
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Banner County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Beatrice
24
88.88%
3
11.11%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
27
Bellevue
173
87.37%
20
10.10%
3
1.51%
2
1.01%
198
Blaine County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Blair
11
78.57%
3
21.42%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
14
Boone County
6
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
6
Box Butte County
19
82.60%
4
17.39%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
23
Boyd County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Bridgeport
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Broken Bow
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Brown County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Buffalo County
71
94.66%
4
5.33%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
75
Burt County
7
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
7
Butler County
8
88.88%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1
11.11%
9
Cass County
5
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
5
Cedar County
3
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
Center
7
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
7
Central
254
87.88%
32
11.07%
3
1.03%
0
0.00%
289
Chadron
18
94.73%
1
5.26%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
19
Chase County
3
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
Cherry County
4
80.00%
1
20.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
5
Cheyenne County
13
92.85%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1
7.14%
14
Clay Center
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Clay County
8
80.00%
1
10.00%
1
10.00%
0
0.00%
10
Colfax County
11
91.66%
1
8.33%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
12
Columbus
51
92.72%
3
5.45%
0
0.00%
1
1.81%
55
Cozad
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Crete
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cuming County
10
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
10
Custer County
11
64.70%
6
35.29%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
17
Dakota City
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Dakota County
12
92.30%
1
7.69%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
13
David City
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Dawes County
12
80.00%
3
20.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
15
Dawson County
31
86.11%
4
11.11%
1
2.77%
0
0.00%
36
Deuel County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Dixon County
7
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
7
Dodge County
91
85.04%
14
13.08%
1
0.93%
1
0.93%
107
Douglas County
461
84.74%
65
11.94%
11
2.02%
7
1.28%
544
Dundy County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Eastern
598
86.16%
77
11.09%
11
1.58%
8
1.15%
694
Fairbury
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Falls City
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Fillmore County
3
75.00%
1
25.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
4
Franklin County
3
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
Fremont
82
82.00%
16
16.00%
1
1.00%
1
1.00%
100
Frontier County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Furnas County
1
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1
Gage County
7
77.77%
2
22.22%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
9
Garden County
1
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1
Garfield County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Geneva
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Gering
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Gosper County
2
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
Grand Island
76
79.16%
18
18.75%
2
2.08%
0
0.00%
96
Grant County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Greeley County
2
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
Hall County
61
87.14%
9
12.85%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
70
Hamilton County
4
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
4
Harlan County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Hastings
57
89.06%
6
9.37%
1
1.56%
0
0.00%
64
Hayes County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Hebron
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Hitchcock County
4
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
4
Holdrege
12
85.71%
2
14.28%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
14
Holt County
6
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
6
Hooker County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Howard County
12
70.58%
4
23.52%
1
5.88%
0
0.00%
17
Imperial
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Jefferson County
9
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
9
Johnson County
4
80.00%
1
20.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
5
Judicial District 1
40
93.02%
3
6.97%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
43
Judicial District 2
152
91.56%
13
7.83%
0
0.00%
1
0.60%
166
Judicial District 3
220
90.90%
21
8.67%
0
0.00%
1
0.41%
242
Judicial District 4
461
84.74%
65
11.94%
11
2.02%
7
1.28%
544
Judicial District 5
132
91.03%
8
5.51%
3
2.06%
2
1.37%
145
Judicial District 6
134
85.35%
21
13.37%
1
0.63%
1
0.63%
157
Judicial District 7
84
88.42%
8
8.42%
2
2.10%
1
1.05%
95
Judicial District 8
35
74.46%
11
23.40%
1
2.12%
0
0.00%
47
Judicial District 9
132
91.03%
13
8.96%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
145
Judicial District 10
84
87.50%
10
10.41%
2
2.08%
0
0.00%
96
Judicial District 11
115
93.49%
7
5.69%
1
0.81%
0
0.00%
123
Judicial District 12
85
86.73%
12
12.24%
0
0.00%
1
1.02%
98
Kearney
90
93.75%
6
6.25%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
96
Kearney County
10
90.90%
1
9.09%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
11
Keith County
18
94.73%
1
5.26%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
19
Keya Paha County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Kimball
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Kimball County
5
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
5
Knox County
5
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
5
Lancaster County
220
90.90%
21
8.67%
0
0.00%
1
0.41%
242
Lavista
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Lexington
32
84.21%
5
13.15%
1
2.63%
0
0.00%
38
Lincoln
223
91.39%
21
8.60%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
244
Lincoln County
54
96.42%
2
3.57%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
56
Logan County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Loup County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Macy
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Madison County
39
90.69%
2
4.65%
1
2.32%
1
2.32%
43
McCook
12
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
12
McPherson County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Merrick County
15
83.33%
0
0.00%
3
16.66%
0
0.00%
18
Morrill County
2
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
Nance County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Nebraska City
32
94.11%
2
5.88%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
34
Neligh
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Nemaha County
6
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
6
Niobrara
2
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
Norfolk
71
86.58%
8
9.75%
2
2.43%
1
1.21%
82
North Platte
53
98.14%
1
1.85%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
54
Northern
335
88.62%
33
8.73%
6
1.58%
4
1.05%
378
Nuckolls County
6
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
6
O' Neill
11
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
11
Ogallala
16
94.11%
1
5.88%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
17
Omaha
411
85.62%
55
11.45%
8
1.66%
6
1.25%
480
Omaha Tribe - Nebr
8
88.88%
1
11.11%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
9
Ord
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Otoe County
11
91.66%
1
8.33%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
12
Papillion
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Pawnee County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Pender
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Perkins County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Phelps County
9
81.81%
2
18.18%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
11
Pierce
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Pierce County
6
85.71%
1
14.28%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
7
Platte County
23
95.83%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1
4.16%
24
Plattsmouth
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Polk County
11
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
11
Red Willow County
2
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
Richardson County
5
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
5
Rock County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Rushville
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Saline County
3
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
Santee Tribe - Nebr
2
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
Sarpy County
136
91.27%
12
8.05%
0
0.00%
1
0.67%
149
Saunders County
6
75.00%
2
25.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
8
Scotts Bluff County
31
88.57%
4
11.42%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
35
Scottsbluff
47
78.33%
11
18.33%
0
0.00%
2
3.33%
60
Seward
38
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
38
Seward County
12
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
12
Sheridan County
2
66.66%
1
33.33%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
Sherman County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Sidney
17
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
17
Sioux County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
South Sioux City
36
94.73%
1
2.63%
0
0.00%
1
2.63%
38
Southeast
279
91.47%
26
8.52%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
305
Stanton County
7
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
7
State - Judicial District
1674
88.05%
192
10.09%
21
1.10%
14
0.73%
1901
Tecumseh
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Tekamah
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Thayer County
6
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
6
Thomas County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Thurston County
12
70.58%
5
29.41%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
17
Valentine
8
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
8
Valley County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Wahoo
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Walthill
8
88.88%
1
11.11%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
9
Washington County
2
66.66%
1
33.33%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
Wayne
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Wayne County
7
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
7
Webster County
4
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
4
West Point
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Western
196
89.90%
19
8.71%
1
0.45%
2
0.91%
218
Wheeler County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Winnebago
2
33.33%
4
66.66%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
6
Winnebago Tribe - Nebr
2
33.33%
4
66.66%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
6
York
39
88.63%
2
4.54%
3
6.81%
0
0.00%
44
York County
36
87.80%
5
12.19%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
41